Monday, 21 May 2018

Flexible, highly efficient multimodal energy harvesting

A 10-fold increase in the ability to harvest mechanical and thermal energy over standard piezoelectric composites may be possible using a piezoelectric ceramic foam supported by a flexible polymer support, according to researchers.

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Robotic touch sensors are not just skin deep

Researchers argue that the problem that has been lurking in the margins of many papers about touch sensors lies in the robotic skin itself.